Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-01

mark was reached, with 5G3 en-
gines. There are now in course Of
construction at the works, 80 engines
The larger parts CT these are tor roads in
this cOuntry-less work being done for
foreign roads than st any time during the
past ten years. And sill OF them are for
old existing roads, while the orders during
the boom from 1879 to 1883 were almost
eE3iuaivelr for new roads ike the MeXi-
can National and Mexican Central.
The condition Of t1e various railroads
centeriDS here was IS bad yesterday if
not worse than the d&y before. The only
road that has escaped trouble entirely is
the Fort Worth end Denver, but the
Texas and Pacific west is still intact
The trains bound east and II Sc coming
10 Fort Worth over the Texas and P.cihc
were delayed by wSshouts ne&r E3gle
Ford. The damage was repaired sui
ticiently to permit trains to pass yester-
day morning, but the hcsvy rains Of the
afternoon carried one Of the treStIes
away c second time, and it Was not until
hight that the woodwork w&s bsck III
place, and it was midnight when the
trains could move. The H:issouri Pacific
brought IN L train last night which had
been made no at Denison and
which arrived several hours late.
Nc train came in from the
south over the Missouri Pacific except
! q water car auG g CS5OOse bearing iew
! passengers from AlyarGdO. The Missouri
! Pacific IS efectualIy blocked by two wash
outs between ItGsca and GraDdvieW, and
/ between these two f3ocs is q north
bound passenger train which hiss been
there since Monday night. The pa sen
/ gers are having anything but pleasant
tine, sleeping accommodations being
limited snd TIE supply Of food short, but
. farmers IL the neiEabCrIO0d are now sup
/ plying the hungry passengers with biscuits
end bacon. 4 bridge gang Was Lard Ct
wCTk south Of the trs!n, ard will reach it
W tonight, end If by thai time the bridge
on this SIDE has rot 0een replaced, the
train will be tsken back ID Hulsb1ro or
Itasca, where the passengers can be cared
for. Il will be Friday or Saturday be-
fore the rosdbeG a2d bridges viii be in
sGca copdiIon as SO r2T@ig the passage
~ regular trains, and in the mean
time through passengers RE WEirltd
around from DenisOn - MiG3Ola $50
thence to San Antonio AID Lsiedo.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe IL
( -ctually blocked out al CIeburne, and
all trains, north and south, nave been
abandoned. It is thought by the officials
that by tomorrow trains can be TUn
through. Local trains are beng run on
the L4mpasas branch and or IAe main
line below Temple.
NJ train on the Houston and Texas
Central has arrived or departed for two
days. The washouts or this line axe On
both sides OF WaXahaChie, snd it is re-
ported inst 3 bridge is also gone below
EQris
TIE Fort Worth and Rio Grande had
everything in readiness 10 open
the line to-day, but This
will hsve to be postponed for
five or SIX days. The trestle
over Rock creek is gone and some OF the
timbers and drain pipes are high and dry
IL /. field hail mile Gway. TIE roadbeG
this side Of the great BTazos bridge is
, also damaged, bus to what extent is not
yet known. a train bearing Officers o.
the road ard working force went out as
ssr as possible yesterday morning wher
President Paddock and Master
Mechanic McKelvey carried s tricy Gle
around the break, put il on the track CT
the other side and sped awGy to learr
l what the extent Of the waShout in front
was. If the rain which visited For
Worth extended down the road, the tive
We're thoroughly drepched. The incident
shows the pluck of President Paddock an(
demonstrates that road Ctficered by sucl
men must succeed. What city but For
i Worth can produce q railroad presiden
who will mount tricycle. and with LABOR
discomfort and danger ahead personally
| inspect the road while heavy rain storm
is prevailing. It is reportei that tbs
t t-estle at Granbury, the bridge over the
Brazos and the high fill this side ere a.
intact